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Trial over in Akansh Sen murder, verdict expected on Nov 5
Sen, a relative of former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, was allegedly run over by a BMW car following a brawl in Sector 9 on February 9, 2017.
With trial in the 2017 Akansh Sen murder case over, the court is likely to pronounce the verdict on November 5.
Sen, a relative of former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, was allegedly run over by a BMW car following a brawl in Sector 9 on February 9, 2017.
According to the prosecution, accused Balraj Singh Randhawa crushed Sen under his car after being instigated by another accused, Harmehtab Singh Rarewala. While Rarewala was arrested on February 16, 2017, Randhawa remains at large.
During trial, prosecution had presented that there was an old enmity between Rarewala and Sen’s friend Shera, that started with a scuffle in Manali. It was followed by another scuffle at Rarewala’s farm house in Landran.
It was stated that on the day of the incident, Rarewala and other witnesses had gone to one Deep Sidhu’s house in Sector 9 post a party, where Sen came in search of Shera. While they were outside the house, Sen confronted Rarewala over his behaviour with Shera .
“This infuriated Rarewala, who said, ‘tu Shere da bodyguard lageya hai, pehlan tainu hi theek karde haan’. He then sat in Randhawa’s BMW car and instigated him to run over Sen,” prosecution had said.
On the other hand, the defence counsel NPS Waraich had argued that the entire case was “fabricated” and that Rarewala had “nothing to do with Sen’s death”. As per the defence, Sen was not even “touched by a car”.
Waraich had also questioned that how can a body have abrasions if a BMW car weighing 1,520 kilogram runs it over three or five times.
Presenting the findings of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), New Delhi, the defence had stated that the blood, found on BMW car that allegedly ran over Sen, was not of the deceased.
Harmehtab is the grandson of erstwhile PEPSU chief minister, Gian Singh Rarewala, and Randhawa, is the son of a former Fatehgarh Sahib sarpanch.
